open educational resrouces

Open TextbooksThe Affordable Flexible Alternative

A way to significantly reduce student textbook costs while enabling you the flexibility to reformat and customize your

course material.

Our students are changing…

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Our students are changing…

So why shouldn’t textbooks change?

Higher Prices

$238.95Just

Costly Bundles

Biology, 8ewith CengageNOW, Personal Tutor with SMARTHINKING, InfoTrac 2-Semester Printed Access Card

$213.95

New Editions

$14.94-$81.78

$213.956th edition

used 5th

How much do you think a typical student spends on textbooks in a year?

$900

•Acquire additional debt

•Choose not to purchase textbooks

•Take fewer classes

•Select classes based on textbook costs

Impact on Students

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Textbook Price Increases in Perspective Percent Change 1986-2004

prices are rising

2x inflation

Textbooks186%

Inflation72%

Source: GAO

Open TextbooksA Solution

Table of contentsWritten by experts

Reviewed and editedIncreasingly available in diverse

disciplines

Are Just Like Any Other TextbookOpen Textbooks

Introduction to Economic Analysis

R. Preston McAfee, Caltech

ISBN: 160049000X

Used at:Harvard, NYU, Cal Poly, UC-Santa Barbara, Caltech, Oregon State,

Claremont McKenna….

www.introecon.com

Online: FreePDF/Word: Free

Hard copy: $15.20

Collaborative Statistics

Barbara Illowsky & Susan Dean

ISBN: 9780978745973

Online: FreePDF/Word: Free

Hard copy: $31.98

For more information:www.collegeopentextbooks.org

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Five Myths about Open Textbooks

1. Open Textbooks and eBooks are the same.2. Creators never receive monetary

compensation for open textbooks.3. All open textbooks are crowd-sourced, i.e.,

created by anonymous amateurs.4. Derivatives damage the author’s reputation.5. Open textbooks are low quality or out-of-

date with expired copyrights.

Free/low cost access onlineFree/low cost access offline (PDF)

Print out part or allPurchase a hard copy

For students…Open Textbooks = Options

All students have accessCustomize as desired

New editions optional

For instructors…The Same or Better

Online version

Download and print

Buy hard copy

Online View

Sample Chapter

Navigate table of contents

Click here to print out

Key term links to definition

Individual authorsInstitutions & Foundations

Publishing Companies

Where They Come FromOpen Textbooks

Open Textbooks & E-texts: What’s the Difference?

• E-texts (publisher online textbooks):– have restrictive licenses (e.g. no modifications) – are only accessible for a limited time period– usually have restrictions on the amount of material students

can print out• Open Textbooks:

– Can be viewed/read for no cost online– Are permanently available in a repository or as a download– Can be printed for a low cost– Can usually be modified / customized

• http://collegeopentextbooks.org/thetextbooks/textbooksbysubject.html

• http://www.flatworldstudents.com/books

• http://globaltext.terry.uga.edu./home

• http://cnx.org/content/col11227/latest/

• http://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/OER+Dynamic+Search+Engine

ResourcesRepository

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Three Steps to Adopt an Open Textbook

1. Discover

2. Select

3. Adopt and Use

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You will not get this…

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Outdated

and

Poor Quality

Textbook

Step 1: Discover

If you start here.

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Full review available with comments and ratings for each chapter

Discover open textbooks this way…

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Other Digital Repositories

Step 2: Select

Develop selection criteria◦Your discipline may already have selection

criteria◦How do these criteria differ from those

created for printed textbooks?Use standardized criteria

◦Based on discipline requirements and best practices

Modify existing criteria◦For modules, e-books, and other formats

Use available reviews

Step 3: Adopt and Use

• Choose the parts of the textbook that fit

• Modify as desired to match your teaching style

• Announce to the stakeholders

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Don’t forget other Stakeholders

• Department Chair, Dean, or other group that approves textbook adoptions

• Colleagues• Bookstore• eLearning• Adjuncts• Students

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Use the Textbook

• Use for reading and homework only

• Use in classroom–Limits media options

• Use in Course Management System

• Remediation• Lifelong learning

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